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  Method for connecting to a wireless internet serviceUSPTO Application #: 20080076397Title: Method for connecting to a wireless internet service Abstract: In a wireless data communication network, a mobile terminal is reconnected to a contents provider, when a connection established between the mobile terminal and the contents provider is interrupted or after a completion of the downloading of contents, by using return address information and contents address information including addresses of the contents provider and a web page including information relating to the downloaded contents, respectively. A WML (wireless markup language) script including the contents address information and the return address information is provided to the mobile terminal before initiating the downloading of the contents. In this way, the mobile terminal can easily be reconnected to the contents provider when the connection established between the mobile terminal and the contents provider is interrupted due to network congestion or the mobile terminal leaving the service coverage area. (end of abstract) Inventors: USPTO Applicaton #: 20080076397 - Class: 455414100 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Telecommunications, Radiotelephone System, Special Service The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080076397. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application is a Continuation-In-Part Application of application Ser. No. 10/496,268 filed on Sep. 23, 2004. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a wireless Internet service; and, more particularly, to a method for reconnecting a mobile terminal to a wireless Internet service, when a connection established between the mobile terminal and a service provider is interrupted or after a completion of a downloading of contents, by providing in advance return address information and contents address information including internet addresses of the service provider and a web page containing information on the downloaded contents, respectively. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Users of a mobile telecommunications service can download a variety of multimedia contents from a contents provider through a wireless data network, and such trend for a wireless multimedia service is expected to increase continuously. The multimedia contents, which are downloadable through a wireless data network, include, e.g., advertisement character messages, news, information on stock market, materials for students, real-time audio and video streaming data, and the like. [0004] As a mobile terminal for downloading such multimedia data through a wireless data network, a third-generation mobile communications terminal, i.e., an IMT-2000 terminal, which includes a WAP (wireless application protocol) browser and a VOD (video on demand) player for downloading and playing multimedia contents, has been introduced. [0005] While a conventional wireless data network is capable of transmitting data such as character messages at a transmission rate of several tens of Kbps, a high-speed wireless data network is now used in providing multimedia contents to users at a transmission rate of several hundreds of kbps to several Mbps. [0006] However, in the high-speed wireless data network, a connection established between a mobile terminal and a contents provider may be interrupted due to a network congestion caused by an instantaneous surge of requests for connection thereto or the mobile terminal leaving the service coverage area. Accordingly, in such cases, there is a need for a method for the user of the wireless data network to be easily reconnected to the contents provider. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a method for reconnecting a mobile terminal to a wireless Internet service provider, when a connection established between the mobile terminal and the service provider is interrupted, by providing in advance return address information. [0008] It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for reconnecting a mobile terminal to a wireless Internet service provider, when a connection established between the mobile terminal and the service provider is interrupted or after a completion of a downloading of contents, by providing in advance return address information and/or contents address information. [0009] In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a contents provider having a plurality of multimedia contents through a wireless data communication network, wherein the contents provider includes a media server for providing the multimedia contents to the mobile terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) if one of the contents listed in a web page provided by the contents provider is selected by a user of the mobile terminal, transmitting to the mobile terminal data including an address of said selected one of the contents and return address information; (b) connecting the mobile terminal to the media server by using the address of said selected one of the contents; (c) checking whether the connection established between the mobile terminal and the media server is interrupted while the mobile terminal is downloading said selected one of the selected contents from the media server; (d) reconnecting the mobile terminal to a web page corresponding to the return address information, if the connection is found interrupted in step (c), wherein the web page corresponding to the return address information is different from the web page in step (a). [0010] In accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a contents provider having a plurality of multimedia contents through a wireless data communication network, wherein the contents provider includes a media server for providing the multimedia contents to the mobile terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) if one of the contents listed in a web page provided by the contents provider is selected by a user of the mobile terminal, transmitting to the mobile terminal data including an address of said selected one of the contents, return address information and contents address information; (b) connecting the mobile terminal to the media server by using the address of the contents; (c) checking whether the connection established between the mobile terminal and the media server is interrupted while the mobile terminal is downloading said selected one of the selected contents from the media server; and (d) reconnecting the mobile terminal to a web page corresponding to the return address information, if the connection is found interrupted in step (c), wherein the web page corresponding to the return address information is different from the web page in step (a); and (e) connecting the mobile terminal to a web page corresponding to the contents address information relating to the selected contents, after a completion of the download of said selected one of the selected contents. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] The above and other object and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0012] FIG. 1 describes structures of a mobile terminal and a contents provider connected to a wireless data communication network employing a method in accordance with the present invention; [0013] FIG. 2 charts a flowchart showing a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a wireless data network in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and [0014] FIG. 3 depicts a flowchart showing a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a wireless data network in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0015] FIG. 1 describes structures of a mobile terminal and a contents provider connected to a wireless data communication network employing a method in accordance with the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 and the contents provider 300 are connected to each other through the wireless data network 200. For the sake of simplicity, only one mobile terminal 100 and one contents provider 300 are illustrated in FIG. 1. However, in a real wireless communications network, more than one mobile terminal may be connected to more than one contents provider. [0016] As illustrated in FIG. 1, the contents provider 300 includes a WAP server 310 for providing a web page containing information on multimedia contents, a media server 320 for providing selected contents to the mobile terminal 100, and a database 330 for storing multimedia contents. [0017] The mobile terminal 100 includes therein a WAP browser for displaying a web page received from the WAP server 310 and a VOD player for downloading and playing selected contents from the media server 320. The WAP browser receives a web page including a menu for selecting contents from the WAP server 310 and displays the received web page in a display window of the mobile terminal 100. Further, the VOD player downloads contents selected by a user through the web page and displays the downloaded contents in the display window. [0018] In the following, there will be described in detail a procedure whereby the mobile terminal 100 is connected to the contents provider 300 through the wireless data network 200. [0019] First, the mobile terminal 100 requests a connection to the contents provider 300 through the wireless data network 200. Once a connection is established between the mobile terminal 100 and the contents provider 300, the WAP server 310 transmits to the mobile terminal 100 a web page including a menu to be used at the mobile terminal 100 for selecting one of currently available contents. Thereafter, the WAP browser displays the transmitted web page in the display window of the mobile terminal 100. Continue reading... Full patent description for Method for connecting to a wireless internet service Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method for connecting to a wireless internet service patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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